congruence
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Middle English, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
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congruence (plural congruences)
- The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
- (mathematics, number theory) a relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number
- (mathematics, geometry) being isometric — roughly, the same size and shape
- (algebra) more generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure
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the quality of agreeing or corresponding
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number theory, relation indicating two numbers give the same remainder when divided by some number
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geometry, being roughly the same size and shape
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equivalence relation preserved by operations
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
Noun[edit]
congruence f (plural congruences)
